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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$41,799 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

Drama & Theater Arts is the #107 most popular major in the country with 1,699 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for theater students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Drama & Theater Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri State University - Springfield the best value school in the United States for drama and theater arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 a year.

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#2

The Juilliard School

New York, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Juilliard School. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of New York, Juilliard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Juilliard are $51,230 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Connecticut is a great value for drama and theater arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UCONN graduate students pay an average of $42,237 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Yale University

New Haven, CT

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Yale University is a great value for drama and theater arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Yale graduate students pay an average of $45,700 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston U also is in the top 15% of our Best Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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With a ranking of #6, Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well on this year’s best value schools for drama and theater arts students working on their graduate certificate. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

Columbia also claimed a spot on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Drama & Theater Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Theater

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Arts & Media Management 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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